Novel alternative cementitious materials for development of the next generation of sustainable transportation infrastructure / author(s), Lisa Burris, Kimberly Kurtis, and Tom Morton.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Burris, Lisa, author.

Kurtis, Kimberly E., author.

Morton, Tom, author.

Contributor:

Exploratory Advanced Research Program (U.S.)

United States. Federal Highway Administration, issuing body.

United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development, sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable engineering--Technological innovations--United States.

Sustainable engineering.

Transportation engineering--Technological innovations--United States.

Transportation engineering.

Highway engineering--Research--United States.

Highway engineering.

Transportation engineering--United States.

Highway engineering--Research.

Transportation engineering--Technological innovations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 25 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, October 2015.

Summary:

Georgia Institute of Technology and collaborators from Oklahoma State University, Tourney Consulting, and the Army Corps of Engineers, for an Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program project funded by the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, are performing a comprehensive and systematic investigation of novel alternative cementitious materials (ACMs) for applications in sustainable transportation infrastructure. These materials include calcium aluminate cement (CAC), calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA), calcium sulfoaluminate belite (CSAB), magnesium phosphate cement (MPC), and alkali-activated (AA) and carbonate-binder systems that provide potential advantages over traditional portland cement through reductions in embodied energy and greenhouse gases, as well as enhanced performance, which contributes to sustainability. The research includes evaluation of early-age and longterm material properties, in addition to multiscale durability investigations. The research team aims to provide guidance for recommended test methods and, where relevant, test limits for acceptance of ACMs for transportation infrastructure, including highway structures and rigid pavements, as well as preliminary specifications for use.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed April 13, 2016).

At head of title: the Exploratory Advanced Research Program.

"Techbrief."

"Report no. FHWA-HRT-16-017"--Page i.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-25).

OCLC:

946596075